Maui News

With summer approaching, skin cancer specialists across the state are urging residents to pay closer attention to their skin, sun exposure and proper treatment.

The Construction Industry of Maui trade group donated $1,500 to Maui Economic Opportunity for employment training programs, including the nonprofit’s effort to help reintegrate newly released inmates into the community.

The Maui Police Department arrested 10 individuals for impaired driving during enforcement campaigns conducted during the 2021 Graduation and Memorial Day weekend.

The confirmed cases included: 13 on O‘ahu; seven on Maui (+2 probable); one on Kaua‘i; and four cases in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state.

One of the mariners sustained minor injuries from the vessel’s propeller. The mariners claimed they were ejected from their boat when a large wake impacted the vessel.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs granted $26,493 to Hāna Arts that will use the funds to empower East Maui youth through arts and culture.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration selected the University of Hawai‘i to host a new Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, with the federal agency providing up to $210 million in funding over five years.

Maui Economic Opportunity Youth Services instructors returned to the classroom at Kalama Intermediate on May 17 to teach the Underage Drinking Prevention program for the first time since the start of the pandemic in March 2020.

Hawaiʻi Rotary Youth Foundation awarded scholarships to 52 high school seniors for the 2021 scholarship season. 50 students received $5,000 scholarships each and two students received $10,000 scholarships each. Caitlin R. Baclay from Lahainaluna High School was selected as the recipient of the Joanna L. Sullivan Scholarship – one of the two $10,000 scholarship awards from HRYF.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, as part of their ‘Ohana and Community Based Program, has awarded Maui Family Support Services a $150,000 grant for Maui island and a $41,199 grant for Molokaʻi.

University of Hawaiʻi Maui College is offering a new, free Agricultural Technician training program this summer for residents interested in pursuing college and career pathways in sustainable agriculture. The eight-week training course starts June 7.

United Airlines launches its new nonstop flight from Kahului Airport (OGG) to New York/Newark (EWR) on Thursday, June 3, 2021.

Maribel Avila-Kunkel is the new vice president of ambulatory care and clinical services at Kaiser Permanente Hawaiʻi.

Maui’s post-arrival rapid testing program at Kahului Airport will end on Friday, June 4. Follow-up testing revealed that just five travelers were confirmed as positive–including three visitors and two returning residents. To date, the program cost between $2.5 and $2.7 million.

The 2021 Central Pacific hurricane season starts today and Hawaiian Electric is advising customers, both residential and commercial, to be prepared and have emergency plans in place.

Hāpuna Beach State Park was awarded the number one spot for the best beaches in America.

The confirmed cases included: 24 on O‘ahu (+6 probable); 19 on Hawai‘i Island; two on Maui (+1 probable); three on Kaua‘i; and two cases in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state (-1 probable).

Mālama Maui Nui’s monthly Go Green Recycling event for West Maui residents will take place in Lāhaina on Saturday, June 19 from 9 am to noon at 1870 Honoapi’ilani Hwy.

It only takes one storm to cause significant loss of life and damage to property and the environment. The HI-EMA encourages residents to prepare now for a storm that could occur at any time.

A memorial fund has been established for Kahiau Kamuliwai Hill who was tragically killed in a weekend car crash in Waiehu.